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The Affiliated Santé Group (Santé) is a dynamic and leading provider of crisis psychiatric care and system management services to public and private entities. Santé, a nonprofit entity, also manages mental health outreach and psychiatric recovery services. It has been delivering mental health care to individuals and families and pioneering new treatment modalities since 1974.

Data Breach Update

The Affiliated Santé Group discovered an incident that may have affect the security of certain client personal information. No credit cards or financial institution information was involved. The information affected was over five years old at the time we discovered the breach, and we believe there hasn't been any access, or use of the information, in a detrimental manner.

We took this incident very seriously and took the following actions to prevent any further harm:
• Initiated a security investigation;
• Forced the contractor to remove all accessible websites with such personal information;
• Canceled all contracts with the contractor in question.
• We are also notified certain federal and state regulators of this incident.

What You Can Do? We recommend the following steps be taken to protect yourself from any potential information breach:
a) Register a fraud alert with the three credit bureaus listed here; and order credit reports:

• Experian: (888) 397-3742; www.experian.com; PO Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013;
• TransUnion: (800) 680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division, PO Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790;
• Equifax: (800)525-6285; www.equifax.com; PO 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241;

b) Monitor account statements, EOBs, and credit bureau reports closely;
c) To avoid identity theft: 

• Contact the Federal Trade Commission; www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/identity-theft;
• Contact the Maryland Office of the Attorney General; http://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/IdentityTheft/

For additional information you may contact us confidentially with your questions and concerns.

Corporate Compliance Office: (844) 510-3639 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.;

E-mail message: compliance@santegroup.org;

Send us a letter: Melissa Quick, Corporate Compliance Officer, Affiliated Santé Group, 12200 Tech Road, Suite 330, Silver Spring, MD 20904

The Affiliated Santé Group is committed to providing quality care, including protecting your personal information. We want to assure you that we have policies and procedures in place to protect your privacy.

If you are in immediate need of behavioral health services and live within the designated counties, please use these phone numbers: